Megabus

It doesn't serve anywhere near me, but this is so wildly amazing I think we should all pass this thing to SOMEBODY. I'm saving it for later use for later years for other people trying to get to AC.

One thing I WILL add:
anyone travelling to AC DIRECTLY from
Chicago
Cleveland
or Toledo

should seriously consider using this for future ACs-or this one.
If one plans ahead, they can get a round-trip to AC for TWO DOLLARS plus tax and any surcharges.
If I'm reading correctly, there's a $1 surcharge for
CHANGING a reservation, I presume that's each way. So there
MIGHT be a $1 surcharge also for the reservation in the
first place. *keeps reading* No, that's 50 cents for any
reservation, and 50 cents for a cancellation- thus the $1
total to change a reservation (cancel one, make another).

Round trip for less than $5? That HAS to be worth considering.

The luggage limitations are a consideration if they're going
to be a dealer or a fursuiter, since they're limited to
one suitcase & one carryon. (I'm neither and I automatically
pack 1 suitcase & one carryon.)

As was noted above, the fare prices rise as the seats are filled, so the $1 rate doesn't last long, but the rates stay really low.

For those who don't mind travelling by bus and making
connections, there's ways to transfer TO Chicago, Cleveland
or Toledo from another city.

For those wondering, that means you can make a longer trip
by bus for an incredibly cheap far by connectionm and
reach Pittsburgh with one transfer.

Toledo and Cleveland only connect to each other,Chicago, or Pittsburgh,
so you can't use them as your connection.
(Each connects DIRECTLY to Pittsburgh already.)

Ok, where does Chicago connect to?
Ann Arbor, MI
Cincinnati, OH
Detroit, MI
Indianapolis, IN
Kansas City, MO
Louisville, KY
Milwaukee, WI
Minneapolis, MN
St Louis, MO
(plus the other 3 already mentioned.)

So furs from any of those cities can at least consider this
an option, if they don't mind travelling by bus and the
transit time. With the right planning, their trip could
easily remain under $20 round trip.
(Although, again, they should check their prices.)

It's also possible to attempt to slice a fare to the bone
by using Greyhound to reach Chicago, Cleveland or Toledo
and then Using Megabus to reach Pittsburgh.
That would open options for anyone who lived in a city not
very far from one of them-so long as they were willing to
make the connection, which is almost certainly crosstown
from where they will let off.

For the same energy, Greyhounding DIRECTLY to Pittsburgh
might work better, since you're trading the connection
at one of those cities for the connection in Pittsburgh,
since Megabus lets out RIGHT AT THE WESTIN,
and Greyhound doesn't. So, it's something else to consider.

For a few people, this is FANTASTIC, and for a number,
this is an option that may serve them well.

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As for me, if I lived in Chicago, Cleveland or Toledo, I'd
seriously consider it, especially Cleveland or Toledo.
The Chicago-Pittsburgh leg is 10 hours, which is ok for some
people to travel by bus, but I'd rather take the train for
trips that long if I can.
Like I said, for SOME people, this will be great.
(Especially if they can sleep on the bus.)